Like Hart’s versatility coming off the bench and would form a more balanced 2nd unit:

PG: Payne/Kolek
SG: Shamet
SF: Hart
PF: Chewy
C : Sims

Thibs keeps his rotations short, so lack of scoring from 2nd unit will not be that big of a deal.

“At the end of the day, my job isn’t to go out there and score 20. It’s not to go out there and force things offensively and try to make things happen,” Hart said. “My job is to rebound, defend at a high level, offensively kind of be a connector, get into the lane and find guys for open shots, get the rebound, push the pace and get us easy transition buckets.

“I don’t worry about shots. The shots will come how I play. How I play is very random. The shots will be there. I think I shot the ball twice [Sunday]. At the end of the day, I don’t think any team’s won without several people sacrificing. If that’s me sacrificing points, I will gladly do that.”

I agree with that assessment of his role in the starting lineup. Between JHart and Deuce, I believe Josh will play that role as a starter better Deuce.

Hart is a much better glue guy than Deuce, who is more instant offense. We need McBride to play that role more as a reserve than a starter.

Hart is a minutes guy also.. the more he plays the more good he generates

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DLeethal wrote:I can be persuaded to either. But our rebounding will definitely be poor without Josh in the starting lineup. I am scared of OG trying to play "power forward" in the conventional "power" sense. Don't think Thibs is thinking about tinkering the starters so I'm good with the current rotation.

Not buying it at all. Supposition without data.

After Randle and Mitch are out of lineup for Feb 2024 onward in regular season. Knicks 3rd best rebounding team. Maybe we are not as burly without Randle, iHart, Mitch but that does not mean the rebounding will drop. Otherwise, help me understand how you got to that point.

3rd best rebounding %:

https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/advanced?DateFrom=02/01/2024&Season=2023-24&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&dir=A&sort=REB_PCT

TLover wrote:McBride would provide the ultimate spacing on the court with the same level of defense. OG can make up for Hart’s rebounding.

Like Hart’s versatility coming off the bench and would form a more balanced 2nd unit:

PG: Payne/Kolek
SG: Shamet
SF: Hart
PF: Chewy
C : Sims

Thibs keeps his rotations short, so lack of scoring from 2nd unit will not be that big of a deal.

Who are you and what have you done with Blkexec?

As we know, Thibs does not roll 10 deep. So chances strong that he goes with

JB
KAT
Bridges
OG
Hart
Deuce
Shamet
Precious or Simms
Payne or Kolek

I even see a big chance of a 8 man rotation.

Hart in first unit makes so much more sense since they don’t need additional scoring or players to spread the floor.
KAT spreads the floor but when guarding other stretch players, he tends to stay out there and does not rebound. Same with OG and Bridges when defending the wing. Hart is always around the ball.
And we know JB does not rebound.
In terms of scorers, we have Bridges, JB and KAT for that with
Everyone but Hart able to spread the floor by being able to hit a knockdown 3 at a high rate.
Feel we will have one if not 2 of the starters in with the second unit at all times.
With Shamet, Precious and Deuce as the only ones I see as definite bigger role guys.
Until Mitch comes back then he would take over Precious minutes.

martin wrote:

Nalod wrote:I'll be redundant, our rebounding was the product of guys boxing out then just size and individual effort.
This is were OG might also be excelling at.

To Nalod, our offense will improve and our defense perhaps will drop. bottom line is the winner scores more points the the opponent. How you get there matters.

With OG, Mikal, and hart creating havoc (like the Heatles did) we will run teams off the court.

It's all about Net rating, not size.

That's what she said too.

I'm pretty certain that's not Rebecca said when she met Wally.

BigDaddyG wrote:

martin wrote:

Nalod wrote:I'll be redundant, our rebounding was the product of guys boxing out then just size and individual effort.
This is were OG might also be excelling at.

To Nalod, our offense will improve and our defense perhaps will drop. bottom line is the winner scores more points the the opponent. How you get there matters.

With OG, Mikal, and hart creating havoc (like the Heatles did) we will run teams off the court.

It's all about Net rating, not size.

That's what she said too.

I'm pretty certain that's not Rebecca said when she met Wally.

You just tacked on 6 more months of therapy man, I’m trying to get over this